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2018 Gator Wesley Fall Festival
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2018 Gator Wesley Fall Festival
This year’s Gator Wesley Fall Hoedown was yet another successful festival with plenty of food, fun and entertainment for everyone....
First Batch of Marmalade This Year!
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First Batch of Marmalade This Year!
In February 2016 Jack and Joanne delivered our first batch of homemade limequat marmalade for the new year. They also...
A new wagon by Dalton Dowdy has arrived!
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A new wagon by Dalton Dowdy has arrived!
In January 2016, Dalton Dowdy, a master builder of farm wagons and carriages delivered a new wagon to Fair Oaks. ...
2015 Gator Wesley Fall Festival
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2015 Gator Wesley Fall Festival
Did you know that square dances were first documented in 17th-century England and were also quite common throughout Europe? In...
The 2015 Centerpoint Christian Fellowship Hoedown
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The 2015 Centerpoint Christian Fellowship Hoedown
This year’s Centerpoint Christian Fellowship Hoedown at Fair Oaks was yet again a fun and festive time for everyone. What...
Beautiful Days
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Beautiful Days
The Fair Oaks Ranch is one of the few remaining places where you can experience natural beauty and resources, recreation...
The 2014 Centerpoint Christian Fellowship Hoedown
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The 2014 Centerpoint Christian Fellowship Hoedown
Oak Hammock’s adventures
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Oak Hammock’s adventures
On March 22, Fair Oaks hosted a group of about 45 from Oak Hammock for the day. Linda Blondheim greeted the group...
Summer is Almost Over!
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Summer is Almost Over!
The Sunshine State has not been really living up to that name this summer. In fact, it has been an...
2012 Gator Wesley Fall Festival
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2012 Gator Wesley Fall Festival
The Gator Wesley Foundation’s Annual Fall Festival took place on November 16, 2012. The event featured a full Thanksgiving meal,...
Places to Paint: Linda Blondheim in Florida
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Places to Paint: Linda Blondheim in Florida
Where words don’t seem adequate, a painting finds ways of communicating to the soul through color and shadow. In the...
Midsummer’s Eve
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Midsummer’s Eve
One of the pleasures I have had at Fair Oaks was sharing Midsummer’s Eve with Faye Miles, and reading excerpts...
“Stream-of-consciousness” meditation on trees at Fair Oaks
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“Stream-of-consciousness” meditation on trees at Fair Oaks
The name Fair Oaks is apropos to this place whose majestic Live oaks bear drapery of Spanish Moss waving languidly...
Simply enjoy…
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Simply enjoy…
Once here, you are sure to enjoy Fair Oaks… in your very own way. This place seems to be so...
Dedication at the Plantation
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Dedication at the Plantation
In the Spring of 2009, Matt Kavanaugh, a Fair Oaks friend and alumnus, suggested a bat house for the Farm....
Planting Days 2011
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Planting Days 2011
On February 11 through 13, we enlisted friends new and old for a major native planting at Fair Oaks. Tyler...
Some pictures from the past
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Some pictures from the past
As the saying goes, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” These photographs of Fair Oaks were taken a few...
Where the colorful flower grows…
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Where the colorful flower grows…
Beautiful flowers have been a muse of many artists and poets! Given here is a beautiful flower poem by Rick...